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Who won naval victories against the British?
John Paul Jones
What are the 3 Unalienable Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Happiness
What geographic feature did the Proclamation of 1763 limit the colonists from crossing?
Appalachian Mountains
What is the immediate result of General Cornwallis surrendering at Yorktown?
The signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783
What event saw a severe lack of subsistence?
Valley Forge
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a Turning Point?
It convinced France to support America
Why did the British impose taxes such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?
To pay for the cost of defending the colonies
Stamp Act
Taxed newspapers, magazines, and documents
Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston Harbor, Punishment for Boston Tea Party, Quartered soldiers in colonial homes
Townshend Acts
Taxed imports such as glass, lead, tea, paper
Colonies can only buy from Mother Country, Trade with other countries is restricted
Mercantilism
If a colonists was reluctant to separate from Great Britain, what might persuade him to do so?
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
They met at the 1st Continental Congress
What phrase did the colonist use that meant Parliament was taxing them without their consent?
No Taxation without Representation
